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APAH
·But @APAH, did you get a refund from Omega when they couldn't find any information about the serial? If so, they don't have any archive entry about this movement. If they kept the money there is a discrepancy.
UPDATE OF: 7$ 2914-2 Flightmaster bought at fleamarket
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cristos71
·Omega Policy has changed. No refunds. Work is the same...... kind regards. Achim
I just two days ago had a refund, "Due to the nature of vintage archives in certain cases information has not survived, is unreadable or even missing."
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gbesq
·Wow, this is almost like that time I bought my 1957 2915-1 for $4 at the Pomona fairgrounds. 🙄 Congrats, OP. AMAZING FIND.
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Caliber561
·Isn't that an import mark? I'm not familiar with all of them, other than to say I know they exist.
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MTROIS
·What a amazing story!!!! Thank you for sharing!
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tdn-dk
·This is not part of an Omega Logo. And you do not have a Prototype. i had 3 flightmasters over the last 30 years. all came back with excerpts from the factory. looks like your movement does not belong to this watch. reason? in the 1980`s many spareparts were sold in peru from the guys, who serviced them for the FAP. empty cases, spare (and not Flightmaster engraved) backs . dials. hands . so, that movement is easy to find and off you go, another Flightmaster is born. like the IWC MK 11 watch and spare parts government auctions in the UK. many MK 11 watches were "born" then. and because they had more parts watches than dials, an UK dealer had dials printed with a weird logo and a few in white. and then came the dealers "Legends" from the extremly rare white dial MK 11 for the Royal Navy.....google it and then you have one story from the strange world of government issued military watches and what happened after decommission and government auction sales. you have a nice put together. wear it for what it is and be happy. no mystery here. kind regards. achim
Would Omega reject if the files says Railmaster ref. 2914 and the picture of the dial shows Flightmaster ?
If money was no problem OP could try again with a picture of a Railmaster dial instead.
If extract = changed dial , reject = swaped movement and dial.
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michael e
·@APAH
You are not alone in your quest for information any longer 👍
The three watches we know of like this all have the following in common.
All 2914-2
All Flightmaster dial
All seem to be fresh to the market and have not been through the trade before.
All without Railmaster written on the case back.
Coincidence?
I very much doubt it but would love to see anyone else with a 2914-2 Without Railmaster on the back so I can discount this part.
You are not alone in your quest for information any longer 👍
The three watches we know of like this all have the following in common.
All 2914-2
All Flightmaster dial
All seem to be fresh to the market and have not been through the trade before.
All without Railmaster written on the case back.
Coincidence?
I very much doubt it but would love to see anyone else with a 2914-2 Without Railmaster on the back so I can discount this part.
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watchyouwant
·Michael, these are the spare case backs, delivered to Peru. To my knowledge, the first batch for the FAP was engraved in Biel. Later batches were engraved in Peru, as they were actually issued to the airforce. Same with the issued Rolex Chrono for the Airforce. Kind regards. Achim
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michael e
·Michael, these are the spare case backs, delivered to Peru. To my knowledge, the first batch for the FAP was engraved in Biel. Later batches were engraved in Peru, as they were actually issued to the airforce. Same with the issued Rolex Chrono for the Airforce. Kind regards. Achim
Hi Achim.
Can you say where you have found this information please? All three of these watches originated in Denmark I believe.
Cheers, Michael
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loniscup
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loniscup
·Oh it is the same watch posted by @michael e
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michael e
·Oh it is the same watch posted by @michael e
Cheers, Michael
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loniscup
·Congrats my friend!! And I was wondering where are those pictures from 😁 .
